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shoot

noun

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1 a branch of a main stem especially of a plant

collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making

Synonyms of shoot

offshoot, outgrowth, sprout

Words Related to shoot

excrescence, growth

bough, branchlet, limb, twig

bud, floret

spray, sprig, spur

2 a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body

there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down

Synonyms of shoot

ache, pain, pang, prick, smart, sting, stitch, throe, tingle, twinge

Words Related to shoot

discomfort, distress, soreness, tenderness

affliction, agony, anguish, misery, sufferance, suffering, torment, torture

inflammation, sore, swelling

damage, detriment, harm, hurt, injury

backache, bellyache, charley horse, colic, complaint, earache, gripe, headache, stomachache, toothache

Near Antonyms of shoot

comfort, ease, easiness

shoot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot

1 to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

Synonyms of shoot

blast, discharge, fire, loose, squeeze off

Words Related to shoot

launch, project

blaze (at), snipe (at)

cast, catapult, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, lob, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss

2 to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

Synonyms of shoot

blast, discharge, fire

Words Related to shoot

blaze, pepper

plink, potshot, snipe

3 to strike with a missile from a gun

hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

Synonyms of shoot

drill, gun, plug, pop

Words Related to shoot

blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down

blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at)

blast (at), fire (at)

pistol, shotgun

machine-gun, tommy-gun

croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay

annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out

4 to proceed or move quickly

some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

Synonyms of shoot

barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Words Related to shoot

beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle

stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz)

gallop, jog, sprint

accelerate, quicken, step out

catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake

arrow, beeline

Phrases Synonymous with shoot

beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it

Near Antonyms of shoot

dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry

amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll

decelerate, slow (down or up)

Antonyms of shoot

crawl, creep, poke

5 to take a photograph of

shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

Synonyms of shoot

mug, photo, photograph, snap

Words Related to shoot

image, picture, rephotograph, retake

film, videotape

6 to throw or give off

suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

Synonyms of shoot

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), throw out, vent

Words Related to shoot

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms of shoot

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

7 to voice one's opinions freely with force

you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

Synonyms of shoot

pipe up, sound off, speak out, speak up, spout (off), talk up

Words Related to shoot

bawl, bay, bellow, call, cry, holler, roar, shout, sing (out), thunder, vociferate, yell

articulate, enounce, enunciate

Phrases Synonymous with shoot

speak one's mind

Near Antonyms of shoot

belt up [British], clam up, dummy up, hush, shut up, suppress

quiet

8 to mark with small spots especially unevenly

hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

Synonyms of shoot

blotch, dapple, dot, fleck, freckle, marble, mottle, pepper, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stipple

Words Related to shoot

blot, dye, stain

band, bar, streak, stripe

intersperse, set, stud

bespatter, spatter

9 to cause to go or be taken from one place to another

shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

Synonyms of shoot

consign, dispatch, pack (off), send, ship, transfer, transmit, transport

Words Related to shoot

convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render

advance, drop, launch

address, forward

export, import

bestow, contribute, donate, give, present

resend, return

Near Antonyms of shoot

acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure

Antonyms of shoot

accept, receive

shoot (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot (up)

to rise abruptly and rapidly

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Synonyms of shoot (up)

rocket, skyrocket, soar, zoom

Words Related to shoot (up)

accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax

crest, peak, surge

heighten, intensify

Near Antonyms of shoot (up)

collapse, fall

contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane

Antonyms of shoot (up)

nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble

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